# Maria Zakharova
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Maria Vladimirovna Zakharova (Russian: Мария Владимировна Захарова; born 24 December 1975) is the Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (Spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation) from 10 August 2015. She has a degree of Candidate in Historical Sciences, the Russian equivalent of a PhD.
== Early life and education ==
Zakharova was born to a family of diplomats. Her father, Vladimir Zakharov, moved the family to Beijing in 1981 when he was appointed to Soviet embassy there.
SPIEF Part 2: Putin’s Forum, Zakharova’s Red Folder, and the Bucha–Starobelsk Double Standard
In SPIEF Part 2, Samuel Trapp continues the week-long International Flavor breakdown of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin’s economic framing, and Russia’s argument for sovereignty, infrastructure, technology, and alternative global institutions. The episode then turns to Maria …
Crosswire — August 11, 2026
DAILY BRIEFING — August 11, 2026
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Ukraine's Deep Strikes Hit Russian Soil Hard — And Civilian Deaths Mount
A Ukrainian drone attack on Nizhnekamsk in Tatarstan — roughly 1,100 km from the border — killed at least 13 people, including a child, with 75 more injured. Seven of the dead w…
The Secret Police Are Back | Trending Ep396
Russian spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warns that German and Japanese 'secret police' are back spying on their citizens in ways last used in 1945. The use of facial recognition, phone tapping, and AI surveillance is also being rolled out across the UK. Labour are defending the placement of 1200 migran…
August 27: Nepal-Tibet Flood Death Toll and AI Cyberattack Warnings
In Nepal and Tibet
Flooding triggered by a glacial collapse has killed nearly 400 people across the Nepal-Tibet region, with about 1,400 still missing. The U.S. Geological Survey says a massive release of ice and debris set off the disaster, as rescue teams continue searching affected areas.
In U…
Crosswire — August 28, 2026
DAILY BRIEFING — August 28, 2026
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Himalayan Catastrophe: Glacial Collapse Kills Hundreds
The Nepal-Tibet flash flood disaster is now confirmed as a glacial collapse rather than an earthquake, per the US Geological Survey. The death toll stands at 389 confirmed with 910 missing in Nep…
Crosswire — September 14, 2026
DAILY BRIEFING — September 14, 2026
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A Drone Strike Lands 15 Minutes Behind a Diplomatic Train
What happened: A Russian drone hit a train at Yahodyn, the rail crossing on Ukraine's border with Poland, striking the engine shortly after a diplomatic train carrying former UK PM Boris Jo…
Ep. 38 - "A Struggle Over Global Order": Russia Expert Dr. Hanna Notte on Why Moscow's Campaign for Global Legitimacy Runs Through Africa
At the Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg in the summer of 2023, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told an audience of African dignitaries that Russian soldiers were dying in Ukraine so that Africa could be free. Dr. Hanna Notte, in her new book We Shall Outlast Them: Putin's …
Crosswire — October 01, 2026
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Iraq: The US-Led Coalition Mission Is Over
What changed: The last UK and US troops have left Iraq, formally ending Operation Inherent Resolve after more than a decade. The withdrawal follows a two-year-old US-Iraq agreement. Iraq's PM is framing it as the country taking f…
Russia Says Stop Blaming Us—As It Does THIS
I examine how Russian state-media figures Margarita Simonyan and Maria Zakharova recast European warnings about Russian activity as baseless “Russophobia.” Mark Rutte’s call for careful attribution becomes, in Simonyan’s telling, a license to blame Russia without evidence—even as Belgium’s defense …
Russia's Reality: Zakharova, Putin and Europe's Road to War
Are European leaders preparing for a Russian threat, or helping create the confrontation they fear? Samuel Trapp returns to International Flavor with an examination of Maria Zakharova's October 8 Foreign Ministry briefing and Vladimir Putin's October 1 Valdai appearance. The discussion explores Kal…
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